Threshing-machine attachment.



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THRESHING 111110111111: ATTACHMENT.

APPLICA? 1N FILED 13 1910 1,055,386.

F. W. CARPENTER.

THRESHING MACHINE ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION P'ILBD MAY 1s, 1910.

Patented Mar. 11,1913.

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HRESHING MACHINE ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 1d, 1910,-

Pat'ented Mar. 11, 1913.

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THRBSHING MACHINE ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED MAY13,1910.

Patented Mar. 11, 11913.

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FRANCIS w. CARPENTER, or `sT.;-PAUL, MINNESOTA, A'ssrcNoR To CARPENTER wrNe CARRIER MANUa'ACTURrNo COMPANY, OE ST. RAUL, MINNESOTA, A CORPORATION on. MINNESOTA.

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Patented Mar. 11, 1918.

Application anni May 1s, 1910;' serial No. 561,229.

To aZZ whom it may Concern.' l

Be it known that-I FaANors W. CARPEN- TER a citizen of the nited States, residin at t. Paul, in the county of Ramsey an State of Minnesota,` have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Threshing- Machine Attachments, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to im rovements 1n feeder attachments for thres ing machines wherein laterally extending adjustable conveyer troughs are supported inV connection with a thresher feeder, its object being articularly to provide an im roved orm o detachable' attachment whic ma also be adjusted to fit diierent types of eeder.

To this end my invention consists in the features of Construction, combination and arran ement of parts hereinafter described and c aimed.

In the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my attachment shown applied to the feeder of ta thresher machine; Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same; Fig. 3 is a side elevation showing the troughs and connected parts; Figs. 4 vand 5 are perspective detail views of ortions of one of the troughs 5 Figs. 6 and are detail views of a supportlng casting for the troughs' Fig. 8 is a section on line y-y of Fig. 6' ig. 9 is a section on line -w of Fig. 6; Fi 10 is a side elevation of one of the roughs olded; Figs. 11, 12 and 13 are detail views of a portion of an adjustable supporting mechanism for the free ends of the troughs 5 and Fig. 14 is a partial detail view of a cooperating actuating lever for said adjusting mechanism.

Referring to the drawings A represents the framework of an ordinary threshing machine, and 2 the feeder.

B represents my) improved attachment prefera ly detacha ly supported upon the threshin machine frame 1n the followin describe manner: vThe lower-'inner end O the attachment frame'has pivotal support 3 u ppn brackets carried by the' thresher rame. T e upper end of the -attachment frame is connected by braoerods 4. with the sides of the machine. The attachment frame is further connected with the machine by the ad- 'ustably connected rods 5 and 6, the rods 6 eing secured tothe machine and the rods 5 being sup orted in heads 7, which heads are turna le upon the attachment traine through the medium of the circumferential slot and pin connection 8 see Fig. 6. Bars 9 further connect the underside of the attachment frame with the rod 5. The att-achment frame embodies a carrier frame 10 having pivotal support 11 upon the fixed portion 12. The fixed portion of the frame as well as the hinged portion 10 are adjustable in width through the medium of the adjustably connected bars 12 connecting the side walls. Endless carrier chains 13 pass over'srockets 14: and 15 supported by the pivote and fixed portions of the attachment frames respectively, said chains being connected by extensible cross bars 16. Suitable adjustment means 17 may be provided for the s rocket bearings. 'lhe inner end of the en less carrier has chain and sprocket driving connection 18 with the outer end of the feeder 2. The outer end of the feeder 2 is supported from the head 7 by an arm 19, the arm 19 having slidable spring support 20 from the adjacent portion of the attachment frame.

Supported upon opposite sides of the feeder section are my improved conveyer troughs, each consisting preferably of trough sections 21 and 22 having hinge connection 23. Each conveyor trough is supported at its inner end upon the feeder section in the following described inanner: Journaled within a boxing 24 at each side of the feeder sect-ion is a vertical shaft 25, the shaft 25 having bereled pinion connection 2G and 2T at its lower end with a horizontal shaft- 28. The inner end of the horizontal shaft 2S carries a sprocket 29 with which intcrnieshes the adjacent chain 13. The upper end of the vertical shaft 25 isvc'onneeted by the beveled pinions 30 and 31 with the horizontal shaft 32 journaled in the arm 33. The arm 33 is carried by a head 34 which is rotatable upon the boxing 24 as indicated in Fig. 8. he inner end of the Conveyer has swing su port 57 upon the head 34, the outer en 0f the shaft 32 carrying a lOt) sprocket-.35 intermeshing'". an endless l sate for the tension u on the conveyer 'c ain when the trough is vfol ed as shown in;F-ig'.'.-10.

Inorder to vertically swing each conveyer trough upon its ivotal supportlprovide the adjusting mec ianismshown specifically in Figs. 11 and 12, similar mechanism be-A ing provided for each trough. Said-mechanism comprises a rectangulartube 39 having pivotal connection 40 at its outer end tothe underside of the trough section 21, theinner end of said tube 'pivotally supportingas by means of a pin ,'41, the casing 42, w ich casing forms a support for the actuating mechanism. A coperating bar 43 has pivotal support 44 at one end upon the framework of the attachment and at its other end extends into the tube 39. The bar 43 is formed upon its opposite sides with alternating forwardly extending teeth 45. Pivotally supported upon the casin 42 are the forwardly extending dogs 46 an 47, the dog 46 extending forwardly of the dog 47 an said doffs being in position to engage with the teei upon opposite sides of said bar. The inner ends of said dogs are connected bg a coil spring 48. Lono'itudinally slida le within said casing is albar 49, its inner end 50 being hooked over the spring 48 and its outer end being connected with a cable 5l extending to alhand lever 52fu1crumed upon the conveyer trou h. The bar 49 extends through a vertica opening 53 formed in the casing, said bar being formed with av lateral pin 54 standing within said opening.` The opening1 58 is shaped to receive the hand tool 54. T e hand tool 54 is formed upon its side at one end with a beveled portion 55 so that when the tool is inserted into the o ening 53 to bring the beveled portion behind the pin 54 it will draw the bar 49l rearwardly and with it the spring 48 to release the do s 46 and 47 as shown in Fig. 12. Upon t e opposite side the bar is formed with a groove'56 which, when the bar is turned around and inserted into the o ening 53, will receive the pin 54 without a ecting the position of the same and allowing rthe artsgto remain in the position vshown in 41g.

In the position shown in Fig. 11v the spring 48 exerts ressure to hold the dogs 46 and 47 in loc ing engagement. When the spring is' pulled rearwardly to release the dogs 46' and 47 as shown in Fig. 12 the bar l43 lwill telescope within the tube 39. The hook 50 is corrugated as shown to permit a grip for the sprin and preventrela.- tivesliding of either en thereof. fi l The adjusting mechanism" "hewn ,specifically in Figs. 11 to 14, inclusive being ineluded in a' separate application, is not specitically claimed herein.

I claim as my invention: i 1. The combination with a threshing machine and its feeder, of an independent feeder section removabl supported in con- -nection with and forming an extension of saidfeeder, said extension being adjustable `in width to tit different widths of feeder 'and'conveyer troughs supported on op osite sides of said extension and swinga le in horizontal planes.

2. The combination with a threshing machine and its feeder, of an independent feeder section removably supported in connection with and forming -an extension of said feeder, said extension being adjustable in width -to lit different widths of feeder and conveyer troughs supported on opposite sides of said extension and swingable in horizontal andvertical planes.

3. The combination with a threshing machine having a feeder, of an independent feeder section removably supported in connection with and forming an extension of said feeder, said feeder section comprising side bars and an extensible connection for said side bars whereby said section may be adjusted to fit different widths of feeder, and conveyer troughs supported upon opposite sides of said extension.

4. The combination with a threshing machine having a feeder, of an independent feeder section removably supported in connection with and forming an extension of said feeder, said extenslon comprising a relatively fixed portion and an extension hinged portion, both said fixed portion and extension hinged portion being adjustable to fit different widths of feeder, and conveyer troughs sup orted upon opposite sides of said relative y fixed portion.

5. The combination with a threshing machine having a feeder, of an independent feeder section comprising amain portion removably supporte in connection with and formingan extension of said feeder, an extensionportion having hinge support upon said removably 'supported portion, and conveyer troughs supported upon opposite sides of the mam portion of said section.

6. The combination with a threshing machine having a feeder, of an independent feeder section comprising a main portion removably supported in connection with and forming an extension of said feeder, an ex tension portion having hinge support upon said removably supported portion both said main and extension hinged portions being adustable to diifelrent widths of feeders, an conveyer troug is sup orted u on o osite sides of the main portibn of said secgdn.

`7. The combination with a threshing machine having a feeder, of an independent feeder section comprising a main portion relili movably supported n eonneeten with and In testimon whereof I ax my sgnaum forming an extension of said feeder, an ex 1n presence o two wxtnesses.

tension rtion ha su rt u n T Said mmbly 1% poowmd gk FRANCIS W. CARPENTLR.

-' ndjustably connectmg the main portion of Witnesses:

said inde dent feeder section with the H. S. JOHNSON, frnmewor of the mlhne. H. SMITH.

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